2,737 children were identified by the government to have been separated from their families between May and June 2018. "However, this number does not represent the full scope of family separations," the OIG statement reads. Imagine. Just imagine. wrc.ms/2AQ2WIO

It feels like there are two parallel political Twitters: the one of 2020 candidates running in a flawed yet essentially stable future US.
And the current reality: a constitutional crisis, a catastrophic federal shutdown, and an existential threat to our country's survival.

The #LAUSDStrike is about much more than salaries and class sizes: Teachers are also greatly concerned about the expansion of charters in LA, and what they see as a privatization scheme by district officials. My latest: twitter.com/truthout/statu…

A terrifying possibility that rarely gets discussed: Dems electing an elite-coddling corporatist in 2020 who doesnt deliver transformative policies that help millions of people, and the GOP then using the backlash to that failure to elect a smarter, more extreme version of Trump.

NEW: For years, inmates have said it gets extremely hot — and cold — in Texas prisons.
So, why then, is the state not taking the temperature inside? Read the @dallasnews latest deep dive into the conditions behind bars.
dallasnews.com/news/courts/20…#txlege

BREAKING: U.S. immigration authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in government custody. It's the second instance this month of an immigrant child dying while being detained. apne.ws/9dVNCLd

What are the long-term tradeoffs of the First Step Act's immediate relief for a relatively small number of federal prisoners? Organizers with @JustLeadersUSA and the @NLGnews's National Immigration Project spoke with me for my latest: truthout.org/articles/first…

-All 7 of the people sentenced to death in Texas in 2018 are men of color.
-Of the last 19 people sentenced to death in Harris County, 15 were black men.
-Black people make up 12.6% of the population of Texas, but 44% of the state's death row.
motherjones.com/crime-justice/…